Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> writes: > On Sat, 2010-04-10 at 21:21 +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am aware of the policy stated on >> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernelPatchAcceptanceGuidelines >> and that this in general means that new features/drivers are rejected. > > That page is quite outdated, and I should fix it. New drivers can be > added so long as they have already been accepted upstream. > > [...] >> I do realize that current policy is that new drivers should be packaged >> as dkms source packages, but I believe that this is not a good solution >> in this specific case because: > > We recommend DKMS for out-of-tree drivers, that is drivers that have not > been accepted upstream. > > [...] >> Do you think an exception may be possible for this driver? If so, I can >> prepare a patch proposal for review. > > Please do. Also, report this as a bug.
Thanks. Great news! Will do ASAP. Bjørn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87hbnjrtco....@nemi.mork.no
